Well Monday was another busy day that started with my 5:30'ish roll out to my cup of hot green tea laced with turmeric while I posted this ramble then spent a some quiet time with my Lord and Creator in humble thanksgiving and lifting up several by name for healing and comfort. All seem as well as can be expected due to their ages and health issues.
I piddled around the cabin until it was time to head over and pick up our "mountain mom" Helen and head to Galax. She was interested in changing out her couch for a love seat and a different chair and the only local furniture place is Gwynn's. Well she didn't find anything to suit her but we did meet the owner of the store who is close to Helen's age. The owner Mary was walking through the store and the salesman mentioned she was the owner. I approached her and ask if she was a local resident of the town and if she knew some of our old friends who grew up in Galax. Well long story short she knew all of our friends and seemed to enjoy our conversation and meeting with us.
We headed over to the new part of town where we were unable to find a place to eat in; it was take out only everywhere that was open. We did due some shopping at Wal-Mart or Nancy did while we sat in the truck. I did find a few onion seedlings which were nearly rotten but was able to save a few green ones at Tractor Supply. The sales gal remember me from last October as she is from Pinellas Park and noticed the Buccaneer shirt I was wearing. I looked everywhere in town for onion sets and none to be found, oh well.
We took Helen home and decided to wait a couple weeks and try lunch out again with a trip to either Galax or Winston. It was great to see her again and her new flooring which she had installed by the two fellers who did ours. It looks fantastic and she was quite pleased after they took so long to get it installed. We came back on the hill and had a late lunch. Afterwards I took off the front screen door and sized it again and reinstalled it then did some piddly garden chores The wild flowers are showing some great colors in the one bed off the front porch and the Zinnias are just popping up everywhere in the portrait bed. All of the squash and cuke plants are looking good as well as are the tomato plants. I soaked the roots of the few onion seedlings that weren't completely rotten in some miracle grow, then set them in the ground. I'm hoping to get a few of them to survive as they were pretty well gone. We took off on a hike to the top of the mountain around 5'ish so we got in another hike to help get back into shape.
We ate a late supper around 7'ish of corn on the cob and some fresh green beans then I headed out to piddle around in the gardens and flower beds. I sowed some Heavenly Blue morning glory seeds Helen gave us around the fences in the backwoods yard. The trumpet plant/vine is already sending out runners and is starting to climb the arbor. I had to knock down those pesky birds nest again as they are persistent in building in the peaks of the roof. I left the ladder out so that maybe they would get the hint that I'm not going to let them build there then foul the area with their excrement draining down the side of the cabin. They are a nuisance to say the least and its the first time they have ever tried building nests in this area, oh well. We love birds but there are tons of trees for them to raise their young, LATER
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